Sunday, 8 p.m. I’m sitting in the grass getting ready for Trent Reznor to hit the stage and I figured this’d be a good time to send out a blog about Lollapalooza weekend so far....

Sunday, 8 p.m. I’m sitting in the grass getting ready for Trent Reznor to hit the stage and I figured this’d be a good time to send out a blog about Lollapalooza weekend so far. Here’s a recap of my first day.

Friday, I started my three-day fest adventure with the kids from the Paul Green School of Rock at 11 a.m., who were amazing. I switched gears afterwards and got some ambient prog beats from Holy F*ck, filling in for an M.I.A. Noah and the Whale. Then a solid string: Rogue Wave, The Go Team, Duffy, and the Black Keys. After a quick dinner, I dove back in for Cat Power, Bloc Party, and finally Radiohead.

I’ve been lucky enough to see Radiohead four times before -- in three different states and one different country. So I actually thought, at the start of their set, ’maybe I won’t be as excited this time around.’ Apparently I had nothing to worry about -- 20 minutes into the set, they launched into Lucky, The Bends, and the Everything in it’s Right Place (the latter which was set to a huge fireworks show behind the stage. Fireworks. Well done, Radiohead.) I left the field 12 hours after I’d arrived tired, but very happy.

It was a full day and one with a lot of really amazing performances. As much as Radiohead rocked, I’d have to give ’best set’ honors to the Black Keys. Those fellas show that you don’t need bells and whistles (or more than two members) to put on an amazing show.